accroach[verb]Synonyms: arrogate, appropriate, assume, commandeer, preempt, usurp, annex, confiscate, expropriate, seize, sequester, take
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accroach verb.
[ǝ'krǝʊtʃ] ME.[Old French acrochier (later acc-) hook in: see A-5 and cf. Old French croche a hook.]1. verb trans. Draw to oneself, acquire. Now
rare or
obsolete exc. in
accroach to oneself, seize what is not one's own, usurp (authority etc.).
ME.2. verb intrans. Encroach.
rare.
LME. ■ accroachment noun E17. [TahlilGaran] English Dictionary ▲